Social Science Plus

£10,000 for a social science led
cross-disciplinary pilot project that will lay the basis for a major research funding application

Scheme outline

Up to £10,000 is available
to support a social science led innovative, challenge-driven,
cross-disciplinary pilot project

The project must lay the
basis for a high quality and competitive major research funding application

Only staff on
‘teaching and research’ contracts or ‘research only’ contracts at UCL who are
at post-doctoral level (equivalent) or above are eligible to apply as Principal
Investigators and Co-Investigators

An award can fund research
assistance / research organisation activities

Our scheme cannot pay for
applicants’ time for undertaking the proposed activities

4. Only staff on
‘teaching and research’ contracts or ‘research only’ contracts at UCL who are
at post-doctoral level (equivalent) or above are eligible to apply as Principal
Investigators and Co-Investigators

5. Teaching
fellows, honorary fellows, PhD students, researchers at other institutions (UK
and international), non-academic partners (UK and international) etc. can only join the research team as “Additional Collaborators”

6. In planning
for the subsequent external funding application, the Principal Investigator
must consider who would be an appropriate UCL social science Principal
Investigator in terms of their grade and seniority, which will need to be
commensurate with the scheme to which they will apply

7. Principal
Investigators and Co-Investigators must be able to undertake and complete the
proposed activities within the terms and, if applicable, length of their
current contracts

8. The Principal
Investigator's period of employment at UCL enables him/her to receive CSSD
funding that will be administered by their department

9. The Principal
Investigator may only submitting one application as a Principal Investigator in
this call. Principal Investigators may act as Co-Investigators in other
applications